Silver Moon Colloidal Silver Generators use an electrolysis process to generate Colloidal Silver nanoparticles using water that is free from minerals and contaminates such as distilled water or reverse osmosis water as the electrolyte.
99.99% pure silver electrodes act as a source of colloidal silver nanoparticles (clumps of silver atoms) when a voltage is applied to force the dissolution of silver electrodes. The water molecules are split into ions (H+ and OH- and O--) while silver colloid particles are ejected from the positive electrode. The silver colloids are suspensions of nanoparticles between 1 nm and 100 nm in diameter that are larger than ions, atoms or molecule.
Silver Moon Colloidal Silver Generators utilize current limiting in the electrode drive current to ensure repeatable particle size generation. Additionally the Silver Moon Colloidal Silver Generators implement Polarity Swap circuitry which alternates the electrode current to ensures long electrode life by minimizing any buildup on the electrodes over time. All Silver Moon Colloidal Silver Generators feature an AutoShutoff circuit which automatically detects the concentration of the Colloidal Silver throughout production cycle and stops generating when a desired PPM has been reached.
How Silver Moon Colloidal Silver Generators work
During the electrolysis process more and more ions are produced over time and the parts per million (PPM) of colloidal silver also increases. The increase in ions over time causes the conductivity to increase (the resistance goes down) and therefore the current increases.
Higher currents cause the nanoparticles size to increase. By limiting the current to the electrodes the nanoparticle size is maintained at a controlled size. The current limiting feature of Silver Moon Colloidal Generators ensures consistent particle size in the Colloidal Silver
At the beginning of the electrolysis process the conductivity is low so the current is low and the drive voltage starts out at 48V. The drive circuitry of all Silver Moon Colloidal Silver Generators limit the current to the electrodes by precisely adjusting the drive voltage to maintain a fixed current of 30mA, thereby generating a consistent silver nanoparticle size. So as the conductivity increases over time the voltage is reduced to limit the current to not exceed 30mA.
Over time during the electrolysis process the increasing ionic content has a correlation to the increasing PPM of colloidal silver therefore the drive voltage that is controlled by the current regulating drive circuit has a course correlation to the PPM. All Silver Moon Colloidal Silver Generators implement an Autoshutoff feature that allows the user to set a threshold for a desired PPM. A control knob setting causes the Generator to turn the drive circuit off once a desired PPM level has been reached.
The actual PPM of the Colloidal Silver should be measured with a TDS meter after the Autoshutoff setting has been reached and the electrolysis process should continue until the desired PPM has been measured and confirmed by the TDS meter.
